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The Philippine Commonwealth had been created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which
was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1934. When Manuel L. Quezon became
president in 1935, he was the first Filipino to head an elected government in the
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The Church of the Risen Lord was designed to have an exterior shape similar to a
parabola.
The overall architecture of the Church provides a light, airy feeling due to the
louvres; the large window panels also provides a natural lighting to scatter around
the Church.
The Church has a basilica design and features a concrete shell roof, this time curved
like a piece of folded paper.

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Ruben Payumo of the Alfredo Luz's architectural firm was the project manager for the
Ramon Magsaysay Center.
It is the first structure in the country to sport column-free structural concept. The design
used pre-cast and pre-stressed beams like a tree rooted on the ground. The exterior of the
building was designed to withstand the salty environment that surrounds the building. It
was clad with travertine marble slabs embedded in the frame of the building.

In 1974, Nakpil was given the Patnubay ng Sining at
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Kalinangan Award by the City of Manila.
Inaugurated in 1955, one of the first earthquake-proof buildings not
only in Manila but also in the entire country.
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The Pacific Star Building with its towering arches and classic lines is
remarkable for its refinement and serenity.
Also known as the Nauru Building, a 29-storey high-rise building in Makati,

Metro Manila, is built around a semicircular driveway ornamented with a
fountain. It was the tallest building in the Philippines upon its completion until
it was surpassed by Rufino Pacific Tower.

According to adaptive reuse specialist Dominic Galicia,
the Philam Life Building is one of the finest examples
of the International Style in the country
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The centerpiece of the whole complex is Quezon City Assembly Hall,
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the adobe bas-relief of the “Life of Pres. Manuel Quezón” by Eugenio
Bunuan.
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The construction of the church employed the round, concrete-
heavy design. The tent-like church’s butterfly shaped floor plan
emanates from this cruciform. A symbolic feature is the giant
customized circular chandelier suspended over the cross and the
altar which is reminiscent of a saintly halo.
The design of the unique cross shape, seen in the church’s peak, is
symbolic of the manner the martyr died crucified on an X-shaped
cross, formally called a saltire

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“St. Andrew’s cross.”
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The new Santo Domingo church was built in the Art Deco combined with
Spanish Modern style. The Santo Domingo church complex was inaugurated
on October 12, 1954.
After the Second World War, the Dominicans constructed the sixth church
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Quezon City. The Dominicans commissioned José Ma. Zaragoza to design
the building while he was still a student of architecture at UST.
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Known advocates of true Filipino architecture, the renowned Mañosa brothers designed this iconic, low-rise building of one
of the largest corporations in the country, San Miguel Corporation, with the renowned Banaue Rice Terraces as their main
inspiration.
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Leandro Locsin’s Benguet Center, inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces and its riprap walls, was one of the first
few buildings in the growing CBD of Ortigas in 1983. In 2011, the building, which used to be the headquarters of
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The National Arts Center, 1976
a building complex situated in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna,
the Philippines. The establishment was inaugurated in 1976. Its
theater is the Tanghalang Maria Makiling or the NAC Center, which
has an audience capacity of 1,000 people.
Monastery of the Transfiguration in Bukidnon
The pyramid structure was made by national artist Architect Leandro Locsin
and was dubbed as a “Magnum Opus”, a Latin word which means “Great
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The first modern skyscraper of Manila was the Picache Building
located in Quiapo’s Plaza Miranda.
It was built in 1962. the building rose to 12 stories rising high over
the Manila skyline, paving the way for taller constructions in the city

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The Philippine Commonwealth had been created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which

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Also known as the Nauru Building, a 29-storey high-rise building in Makati,

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Monastery of the Transfiguration in Bukidnon

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